Record-Breaking Bidding Battle Hits $28.5 Million for Leonora Carrington Surrealist Masterpiece

After an emotional bidding battle between many passionate bidders, Leonora Carrington's 1945 Surrealist masterpiece 'Les Distractions de Dagobert' finally sold to applause for a record-breaking $28.5 million in the Modern Evening Auction at Sotheby's New York. Tonight’s sale makes Carrington the fourth-highest selling Surrealist artist of all time and the fifth-highest selling woman artist of any era.

“I was the underbidder 30 years ago for this picture," said the new owner. "And I didn’t want to miss it this time.”

The appearance of 'Les Distractions de Dagobert' at public auction for the first time in three decades heralds the turn of a new page in art and auction history.

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